A week ago I introduced a Canadian interior design magazine called Style at Home and found this great DIY idea that I wanted to share. In this issue they took old funky animal figurines and had them painted matte white to give them a more modern look.
Perhaps spray painting them red gloss or robins egg blue could also be an alternative color to use. If you wanted to try this idea I'm sure you could use any spray paint color to match your decor - since there are so many colors now available to choose from.
Does anyone else want to share a fun DIY project or a painting idea? If so, email me! -Vanessa (aka Turquoise)
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I love this DIY tip. Now to hunt down all the figurines I put into storage...
um... that would be "Enrique".
I like the idea of combining a matte on some and a gloss finish on others, but in the same exact color. In white, it would replicate bisque and gloss porcelain.
This is very "Murray Moss does Nymphenburg" (click my name for a sample).
I was reminded of John Dickinson, who bought African figures cheap at Cost Plus and lacquered them white so one just admired the shapes. There's a photo in San Francisco: A Certain Style.
Rustoleum Spray Primer is your friend. It sticks to darned near anything and provides a paintable surface.
Neat idea, possibly for all my childhood figurines that I have in storage and absolutely can't display, but I still love.
I've done this. If only I'd realized it was design-worthy! I painted a couple figurine and a ceramic deer head (and while I was buying the hideous deer head, my husband was very alarmed).
I just used a brush and matte white paint, though.
I've been doing this, except I've been spray painting figurines that are larger than 8 inches tall a shiny chrome silver and putting them amidst my front garden. It's like my disco-zombie animal army, having a little picnic.